All nonimmigrant B1/B2 (Business/Tourist) US visa interview appointments scheduled through August 31, 2021 have been canceled due to the continued significant worldwide challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Embassy in the Philippines said Friday. United States Embassy in...
Yes, the song would have us believe it’s "Sweet Love." And while love is certainly good; to be brutally frank, a good number of people survive, function and even thrive, without that kind of love. Plus, with the COVID pandemic still casting a long shadow over our collective lives, there may be a...
The United States Embassy in the Philippines on Monday said routine visa services will remain suspended because of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic as it continues to operate with reduced staffing. United States Embassy In a statement, the US Embassy assured that as conditions...
The United States Embassy in the Philippines on Monday announced the cancelation of nonimmigrant B1/B2 (Business/Tourist) visa interview appointments scheduled through July 30, 2021 in response to the continued significant worldwide challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. US Embassy in the...
The government has eased the country's entry restrictions on foreigners with special resident retiree's visas following a recommendation made by the Department of Tourism. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said these foreign retirees no longer have to secure a government...
Eight of 10 Filipinos are “aware and interested” in shifting to digital banking services despite that the numbers do not yet show this digital migration, according to VISA’s Consumer Payments Attitudes Study. While 83 percent of those who participated in the survey said they are willing to...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has clarified that foreign parents of Filipinos need to secure a visa and an entry exemption document first before travelling to the Philippines. (Photo from BI Facebook page) In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said foreign parents of Filipino citizens are...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says foreign nationals who were issued immigrant or non-immigrant visas may enter the Philippines starting Saturday, May 1. (Photo from BI Facebook page) "This was in compliance with the ruling of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Infectious Diseases...
Aside from restricting the number of Manila-bound passenger arrivals from international flights to 1,500 a day for all airlines tomorrow (March 18), the government temporarily suspended the entry of Foreign Nationals and Returning Overseas Filipinos who are non-OFWs beginning 12:01AM this Saturday,...
Delays to a long-planned mission by WHO experts to China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic are "not just a visa issue", Beijing said Wednesday. A woman uses her mobile phone along the banks of the Yangtze River on New Year's Eve day in Wuhan in ChinaÂ’s central Hubei province...
Moscow Kremlin | ⓒ Unsplash Countries lifting travel restrictions have been circulating around the internet lately, and travelers are all kinds of excited for it. The national governments, however, have yet to make official decisions to reopen borders to avoid another wave of Covid-19 cases and...
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has ordered a review of the Philippine Retirement Authority policies, and the suspension of the issuance of Special Retirement Residence Visa (SRRV) program of the agency. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a special...
